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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Cf. F.

delphinine

(Chem.)

A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (

Delphinium staphisagria

), as a colorless amorphous powder.

delphinine ‎(uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A type of toxic alkaloid found in some plants in the Delphinium family, which can also be used medicinally.

delphinine ‎(comparative more delphinine, superlative most delphinine)